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Nyctea scandiaca
May 27 Point Barrow, Alaska - One at drum stacks!
at 8:30 a.m., just in off the salt water
Lagoon lake.
May 28 About 5 seen this afternoon on a trip
to tundra study areas. One white bird
stood on the snow for at least a
minute with wings rigidly upraised.
When a brownish owl lit near it the
white one did not move. This may be a
pair, and the same birds seen a few
days ago.
May 29 In the area about 3 to 5 miles south of the
base about 3 snowy owls seen this after-
noon. They tended to be in the vicinity
of disturbed ground and where the top-
ography was more irregular, better ap-
posing the lemmings because of patches
care of snow, and because of more places
to perch on ground a few feet
above the surroundings. Glacous
Gull - Owl relationships are discussed under
that species. One white, or two white
birds were seen; another was gray, and
a third was quite dark.
May 31 One several times was seen a bird traps
that contained longspurs, in the drum area.
At 7:15 p.m. a nearly white owl lit near a.